Friday Recap: Phillies win it in the Eighth

Written by Mike Mariano | 08 August 2010

In the eighth inning of a 2-1 game, the Phillies finally broke through and put up six runs to take the lead and the game. Jon Niese and Joe Blanton battled like Santana and Halladay, each throwing a great seven innings.  Blanton left in line with the loss, but Chad Durbin ended up getting the win after Bobby Parnell and the Mets bullpen imploded.  Let's look at the stat lines of the eighth inning:

and the scoring summary:

	8th	B Francisco singled to center, M Sweeney scored, J Werth to second.	2	2
	8th	C Ruiz singled to center, J Werth scored, B Francisco to second.	2	3
	8th	R Gload walked, B Francisco scored, C Ruiz to third, W Valdez to second.	2	4
	8th	J Rollins singled to left, C Ruiz scored, W Valdez to third, R Gload to second.	2	5
	8th	P Polanco hit sacrifice fly to center, W Valdez scored.	2	6
	8th	M Sweeney singled to center, R Gload scored, J Rollins to third.	2	7

And that's really all there is to know about this one.  Beating the Mets makes me happier than just about anything else in the sports world so obviously this was a great one.  Let them get anxious and excited for a win, then sweep the rug out from under them with a good old fashioned bullpen beat-down.  Good times.

Of course the Phillies bullpen nearly blew it themselves, but that's neither here nor there.  Brad Lidge came in and shut the door, who figured that he of all people would stop the bleeding?